Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Cupcake kebabs

When Greg & I decided to host a potluck (blogged about by Kristy here), he decided that we should make cupcake kebabs which I thought was the best idea ever! I decided to make them completely gluten free & thread cupcakes, mini donuts, biscuits & lollies on the skewers. I had a disaster with the first lot of cupcakes I made, so ended up making some mini choc chip muffins instead using this recipe:

Ingredients

340 grams self raising gluten free flour

1 pinch salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

120 grams caster sugar

120 grams nuttelex

1/2 cup applesauce

1 tablespoon white vinegar

soy milk, to mix

vegan chocolate chips - about 3/4 cup

Method

Rub the dry ingredients in with the nuttelex.

Add the wet ingredients, adding a little milk at a time to get a soft dropping consistency.

Beat the mixture well to combine & stir through the chocolate chips.

Add paper liners to the muffin tin and fill with the mixture.

Bake at about 190 degrees Celsius until cooked through & brown (about 10-15 minutes for the mini muffins)

I then made mini donuts using my donut maker, yes I have a donut maker which I have now used a total of two times. I used this recipe from the Sunbeam website which worked really well:

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups gluten-free plain flour

½ cup caster sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons gluten-free baking powder

125g butter, melted

¾ cup milk

1 egg, lightly beaten (I used egg replacer)

Method

1. Preheat Doughnut machine. Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre. Whisk in the butter, milk and egg until mixture forms a smooth batter. Transfer to a jug.
2. Spray machine with cooking oil. Pour batter into preheated doughnut rings. Close lid and cook for 6 minutes or until doughnuts are golden and cooked. Use a non-stick spatula to transfer doughnuts to a wire rack. Repeat with remaining batter to make 10 doughnuts in total.

I then added halved Leda choculence biscuits & topped each skewer with Organic by Nature Cheery Bear lollies (these lollies are so good!!) I think my gluten free baking still needs A LOT of work but the kebabs turned out ok & looked very impressive!!